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Enrollment
426
Middle
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAPEL HILL ISD·NCES 481365005970
Chapel Hill Junior High School
13174 STATE HWY 64 E, TYLER, TX 75707 · (903) 566-1491 · Smith County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Texas public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
348 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 212 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 214 | 50% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CHAPEL HILL ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
39.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
28.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 22.0% | 29.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 21.0% | 25.0% | 47.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 39.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 16.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 26.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Chapel Hill Junior High School
Chapel Hill Junior High School's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill Junior High School this school | 426 | 81.7% | 39.6% |
| Center Middle School CENTER | 496 | 82.7% | 35.8% |
| Mexia Junior High School MEXIA | 367 | 81.2% | 27.4% |
| Woodlake Hills Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 451 | 75.4% | 34.7% |
| Iltexas North Richland Hills Middle School N RICHLAND HILLS | 350 | 77.7% | 30.6% |
| Palestine Junior High School PALESTINE | 456 | 80.0% | 38.5% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Chapel Hill Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Smith County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #955 of 1,635 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,423 of 1,670 ▼ 479 | #12 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,475 of 1,670 ▼ 448 | #12 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #211 of 1,570 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 426 | #1,216 of 1,749 | #9 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #80 of 1,542 | #1 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #465 of 1,543 | #6 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.7% | #473 of 1,648 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -46.7% | #24 of 942 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
426
-108 (-20%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 954
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 426 | 38.2 | 11.1:1 | 82% (348) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 36.9 | 12.9:1 | 76% (363) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 38.7 | 13.0:1 | 77% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 45 | 11.9:1 | 77% (409) |
| 2017-18 | 799 | 56.6 | 14.1:1 | 78% (627) |
| 2015-16 | 775 | 52 | 14.9:1 | 72% (555) |
| 2010-11 | 694 | 50 | 13.9:1 | 68% (475) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 46 | 14.2:1 | 44% (289) |
| 1990-91 | 954 | 42 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chapel Hill Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 47% (799 to 426); teachers down 32% (56.6 to 38.2).
About Chapel Hill Junior High School
Chapel Hill Junior High School is a middle school in TYLER, Texas, reachable at (903) 566-1491. It is open to students in grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 426 students. It has 34% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Texas (about 643).
CHAPEL HILL ISD has 3,072 students in 5 schools, and Chapel Hill Junior High School is one of those schools.
About 56% of the student body at Chapel Hill Junior High School is Hispanic. Other groups make up 19% White, 18% Black, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 21% of Smith County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at Chapel Hill Junior High School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chapel Hill Junior High School is 11.1:1, based on 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Chapel Hill Junior High School counts 82% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 64% for public schools in Smith County.
On the allk12 Grade, Chapel Hill Junior High School lands at C+, ahead of 43% of Texas public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Chapel Hill Junior High School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 39.6% actual against 38.8% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Smith County show that the median household earns about $74,192 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Smith County has 65 public schools with about 37,385 students, including Chapel Hill Junior High School.
Of the public schools around it, Chapel Hill Junior High School is closest to Chapel Hill High School, about 0.2 miles away. Chapel Hill Junior High School has 6 other public schools within five miles. Chapel Hill Junior High School ranks 5th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 39.6% against a local average of 41.9%.
The NCES locale for Chapel Hill Junior High School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2020-21, Chapel Hill Junior High School enrolled 534 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 426.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Chapel Hill Junior High School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Smith County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
241,740
Census ACS
Median income
$74,192
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
37,385 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CHAPEL HILL ISD
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 990 students
- W L Kissam Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 675 students
- Wise Elementary SchoolElementary · 593 students
- Jackson Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
Other schools in TYLER
- Tyler Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,770 students
- Tyler High SchoolHigh · 2,148 students
- Moore Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 990 students
- Three Lakes Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Boulter Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
Other Chapel Hill Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Chapel Hill Junior High. Chapel Hill Junior High School is the largest of the 2.
- Chapel Hill Junior High SchoolMOUNT PLEASANT, TX · 194 students
Nearby schools
- Chapel Hill High School0.2 mi · 990
- W L Kissam Intermediate School0.5 mi · 675
- Wise Elementary School2.9 mi · 593
- Ut Tyler University Academy at Tyler3.0 mi · 446
- Founders Classical Academy-Tyler4.2 mi · 480
- Clarkston Elementary School4.3 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Chapel Hill Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Chapel Hill Junior High School?
Chapel Hill Junior High School enrolls approximately 426 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Chapel Hill Junior High School serve?
Chapel Hill Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Chapel Hill Junior High School?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Chapel Hill Junior High School.
How diverse is Chapel Hill Junior High School?
Chapel Hill Junior High School reports a student body of 19% White, 56% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Chapel Hill Junior High School?
Chapel Hill Junior High School is overseen by CHAPEL HILL ISD in Smith County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.